Singing to the Dead (Tambourine Girls)

It's Christmas, and half the Partickhill police squad is down with flu. Not good timing, with a series of cyanide poisonings in the area, plus two small boys reported missing in the space of a few days. And then there's the monumental task of providing concert security for rock legend Rogan O'Neill . . . But for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson, the nightmare is about to get terrifyingly close to home. For a third boy has now gone missing – Colin's own son, Peter. The team race to find the boys before it is too late. But how long will it be before they realize the key is hidden in the lyrics of a rock song – 'Tambourine Girl' by Rogan O'Neill? Caro Ramsay's Singing To The Dead Is The Second Instalment In The Anderson And Costello Series. Bitter Betrayal. Sweet Revenge. Two Seven-year-old Boys Have Been Abducted From The Streets Of Glasgow. Both Had Already Endured Years Of Neglect And Betrayal - But For Detective Inspector Colin Anderson The Case Is Especially Disturbing, Because The Boys Look So Much Like His Own Son Peter... Then, With Police Resources Stretched To Breaking Point, A Simple House Fire Turns Into A Full-scale Murder Hunt. An Invisible Killer Is Picking Off Victims At Random And, If Ds Costello's Hunch Is Correct, Committing An Ingenious Deception. As His Squad Struggles To Work Both Cases, Di Anderson Learns That Deception And Betrayal Come In Many Guises. For While The Boys' Abductor Is Still Out There No Child Is Safe - As Young Peter Anderson Is About To Find Out... Reissued With A Stunning New Package, Caro Ramsay's Anderson & Costello Thrillers Have Been Widely Recognised As One Of The Most Significant New Series In The Genre In Recent Years And Ramsay's Utterly Unique Investigators Are Ready To Become The Nation's Favourite Scottish Cop Duo. Absolution Is The Amazing Opening To This Stunning Series. Subsequent Titles Include Dark Water And Singing To The Dead. Fans Of Ian Rankin And Val Mcdermid Will Love This Series. Praise For Caro Ramsay: 'brilliant In Twisting The Tension Tauter With Each Page' Guardian 'ramsay Handles Her Characters With Aplomb, The Dialogue Crackles And The Search For The Killer Has Surprising Twists And Turns' Observer 'many Shivers In Store For Readers, Followed By A Shattering Climax' The Times Caro Ramsay Was Born In Glasgow And Now Lives In A Village On The West Coast Of Scotland. Absolution Is Her First Novel, Which Was Shortlisted For The Cwa's New Blood Dagger For Best Debut Of The Year. This Success Was Followed By Two Further Di Anderson And Ds Costello Novels, Singing To The Dead And Dark Water. The Fourth Book In The Same Series, The Blood Of Crows, Is Also Released This Summer. Two seven-year-old boys have been abducted from the streets of Glasgow. Both had already endured years of neglect and betrayal - but for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson the case is especially disturbing, because the boys look so much like his own son Peter ... Then, with police resources stretched to breaking point, a simple house fire turns onto a full-scale murder hunt. An invisible killer is picking off victims at random and, if DS Costello's hunch is correct, committing an ingenious deception.